#cyanobacteria — Public Fediverse posts

#CyanoStat: An #OpenSource #Arduino-controlled platform for #CO2 regulation in #microbial incubators optimized for #cyanobacteria #cultivation:

-add-on device for off-the-shelf microbial #incubator
-cost: 65 €

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2025.e00649
#DIYbio #lab #research #science #instruments #microbiology

💡 Innovative method uses #cyanobacteria to naturally produce 100% #biodegradable #plastics overcoming issues with scalability & #microplastic residues.

📃 Policy Brief: https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e147255, published in the #openscience project collection by the #PROMICON #Horizon2020 consortium.

👉 Explore the collection at: https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.coll.239.

👌 So far, it presents a total of 17 project outputs, i.e. 12 research papers published in different journals, project reports, policy briefs & preprints.

#PhotoOfTheDay: Ethereal #Algal vortex blooms at the heart of massive Baltic 'dead zone'

In 2018, satellite images captured a stunning spiral of #Cyanobacteria blooming in the Baltic Sea.

The swirling mass of microbes helped to create a massive "dead zone" the size of West Virginia that starved the surrounding water of oxygen.

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/earth-from-space-ethereal-algal-vortex-blooms-at-the-heart-of-massive-baltic-dead-zone